Archeage

FAQ

Q: What is the best overall preset for this CPU/GPU combination in Archeage?

A: Medium settings provide the most balanced experience across all resolutions. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 162 FPS average with a minimum of 138 FPS, while at 2560x1440 it holds 109 FPS average with 93 FPS minimum. High settings are playable but drop to 74 FPS at 1440p, and Ultra falls below 60 FPS at all resolutions.

Q: How does the RTX 3070 Ti compare to its nearest rivals in raw GPU benchmarks?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti's average benchmark score of 29945 puts it within 0.5% of the RTX 2080 Ti (29783, +0.5% delta) and 0.5% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (30095, -0.5% delta). It also sits 0.1% ahead of the RTX 5070 Mobile and 1.6% ahead of the RX 6700.

Q: Is the Ryzen 9 7900X a bottleneck at 1080p in Archeage?

A: Data suggests the CPU is well ahead of GPU demands at 1080p. The 7900X scores 29300 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2016.5 in single-core, placing it in the 91st percentile of all CPUs. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 182 FPS average, indicating the GPU is still the limiting factor.

Q: What is the performance drop from 1080p to 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, average FPS drops from 110 at 1920x1080 to 74 at 2560x1440 (a 33% reduction), then to 42 at 3840x2160 (a 62% reduction from 1080p). This steep decline highlights the GPU as the primary constraint at higher resolutions.

Q: Does the 8 GB VRAM on the RTX 3070 Ti cause issues at 4K Ultra?

A: The 4K Ultra result of 29 FPS average is the lowest measured score. While VRAM capacity is not directly quantified in the frame data, the 8 GB GDDR6X configuration with 608.3 GB/s bandwidth suggests memory pressure could contribute to the severe performance drop at maximum settings.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations in Archeage?

A: The combination ranks 1330 out of 3708 tested combos, placing it in roughly the 64th percentile. This means it outperforms a majority of tested systems but sits well below top-tier configurations.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture using the GA104 chip on an 8 nm Samsung process. It carries 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die. The card operates with a base clock of 1575 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz, with memory running at 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective). Its 8 GB GDDR6X memory is arranged on a 256-bit bus, delivering 608.3 GB/s bandwidth.

In terms of compute resources, the GPU houses 6144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 raster operation units. It also includes 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores, supporting DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The card's fp32 throughput is 21.75 TFLOPS, with matching fp16 performance at 1:1 ratio. Pixel fill rate is 169.9 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 339.8 GTexel/s.

Benchmark results position the RTX 3070 Ti at the 75th percentile of all GPUs, with an average score of 29945. Its nearest rival is the RTX 5070 Mobile at 29928 (0.1% higher), followed by the RX 6800 at 30095 (0.5% higher). The card outperforms the RTX 2080 Ti by 0.5% and the RX 6700 by 1.6%.

In Archeage, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 Low, the system achieves 182 FPS, but this drops to 70 FPS at 3840x2160 Low — a 61.5% reduction. The Medium preset shows a more moderate scaling: 162 FPS at 1080p, 109 FPS at 1440p, and 62 FPS at 4K. The card's 8 GB VRAM capacity aligns with a game released in 2014, but the memory bandwidth of 608.3 GB/s appears sufficient for the measured results.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual quality and frame rate, Medium settings are the clear choice. At 1920x1080, Medium produces 162 FPS average with a 138 FPS minimum and 186 FPS maximum — a smooth experience well above typical 60 Hz displays. At 2560x1440, Medium maintains 109 FPS average with 93 FPS minimum, which remains fluid for most gameplay. Even at 3840x2160, Medium achieves 62 FPS average with 53 FPS minimum, making it the only preset that stays above 60 FPS at 4K.

High settings are viable for 1080p and 1440p gaming but require compromises. At 1080p, High delivers 110 FPS average, while at 1440p it drops to 74 FPS. Those targeting 4K should avoid High, as the 42 FPS average falls below acceptable smoothness thresholds for most players.

Low settings offer the highest frame rates but come with significant visual compromises. At 1080p, Low reaches 182 FPS average; at 1440p, 122 FPS; at 4K, 70 FPS. These numbers are useful for competitive play or for users with high-refresh-rate 1080p monitors, but the visual downgrade is substantial.

Ultra settings should be avoided entirely. The 4K Ultra result of 29 FPS average is barely playable, and even at 1080p Ultra only achieves 75 FPS. The gap between Medium and Ultra at 1080p is 87 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns that do not justify the performance cost.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the four presets produce the following averages: Low delivers 182 FPS, Medium delivers 162 FPS (138 minimum, 186 maximum), High delivers 110 FPS, and Ultra delivers 75 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 138 FPS is particularly notable — it exceeds the average of the High preset.

At 2560x1440, averages shift downward: Low produces 122 FPS, Medium produces 109 FPS (93 minimum, 125 maximum), High produces 74 FPS, and Ultra produces 51 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p still provides a comfortable margin above 60 FPS, with its minimum of 93 FPS remaining playable.

At 3840x2160, all presets struggle to maintain high frame rates: Low averages 70 FPS, Medium averages 62 FPS (53 minimum, 72 maximum), High averages 42 FPS, and Ultra averages 29 FPS. Only Low and Medium cross the 60 FPS threshold at 4K, and the Ultra result of 29 FPS is the lowest measured value in the entire dataset.

The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at each preset shows a consistent pattern: Low drops from 182 to 122 FPS (33% reduction), Medium from 162 to 109 FPS (33% reduction), High from 110 to 74 FPS (33% reduction), and Ultra from 75 to 51 FPS (32% reduction). This uniformity suggests a GPU-bound scenario across all settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X combined with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ranks 1330 out of 3708 tested combos in Archeage. This places the configuration in the 64th percentile of all tested systems, meaning it outperforms roughly two-thirds of the database while trailing the top third.

This ranking is consistent with the individual component percentiles. The CPU sits in the 91st percentile of all processors, while the GPU sits in the 75th percentile. The combo's lower overall rank suggests that Archeage's performance is more heavily influenced by the GPU than the CPU, which aligns with the measured frame rate scaling.

The CPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores are the AMD EPYC 7313P (53206, 0.2% lower), Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (53469, 0.3% higher), Intel Xeon 634 (52974, 0.6% lower), and Intel Core i7-14700F (53620, 0.6% higher). The 7900X's average benchmark score of 53288 is tightly clustered with these competitors.

On the GPU side, the RTX 3070 Ti's nearest rivals show similar clustering: RTX 5070 Mobile (29928, 0.1% higher), RX 6800 (30095, 0.5% higher), RTX 2080 Ti (29783, 0.5% lower), and RX 6700 (30433, 1.6% higher). The 3070 Ti's average score of 29945 is within 1.6% of all its nearest rivals.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor from the 7000 series, based on the Zen 4 architecture (Raphael codename). It operates at a base clock of 4.70 GHz and boosts to 5.60 GHz, with a TDP of 170 W. The CPU is fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm process with 13,140 million transistors across two 71 mm² dies.

Cache hierarchy includes 64 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 64 MB shared L3. Memory support is DDR5 with dual-channel configuration, offering 83.2 GB/s bandwidth and ECC capability. The processor connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes and includes integrated Radeon Graphics.

Benchmark performance is strong across all tests. The CPU scores 29300 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2016.5 in single-core. Geekbench results show 19267 multi-core and 2617 single-core. Passmark tests reveal 51406 multi-thread score, 4238 single-thread score, and 103952 floating point math. The 3DMark tests show 12536 max threads and 1093 single thread.

In Archeage, the CPU's influence is most visible at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 182 FPS, suggesting the GPU is still the limiting factor even at this resolution. The uniform FPS drop pattern across presets (33% reduction from 1080p to 1440p) indicates that frame rates scale predictably with resolution, which is characteristic of GPU-bound scenarios.

The CPU's 91st percentile ranking and its benchmark scores suggest it has ample headroom for this game. The 12-core, 24-thread configuration with 5.60 GHz boost clock is more than sufficient for Archeage's demands, likely leaving the GPU as the primary constraint across all tested settings.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the system's bottleneck characteristics. At Medium settings, the progression is: 162 FPS at 1080p → 109 FPS at 1440p → 62 FPS at 4K. The 33% drop from 1080p to 1440p and the additional 43% drop from 1440p to 4K (total 62% reduction from 1080p) demonstrate that pixel count heavily impacts performance.

At High settings, the pattern is similar: 110 FPS at 1080p → 74 FPS at 1440p → 42 FPS at 4K. This represents a 33% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 43% drop from 1440p to 4K. The consistency of these percentage drops across presets strongly indicates a GPU-bound scenario.

Low settings show the same relative scaling: 182 FPS at 1080p → 122 FPS at 1440p → 70 FPS at 4K. The 33% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and 43% reduction from 1440p to 4K match the other presets exactly. This uniform behavior rules out CPU bottlenecks, as CPU-bound scenarios would show less severe scaling at higher resolutions.

The only deviation is Ultra settings: 75 FPS at 1080p → 51 FPS at 1440p → 29 FPS at 4K. The 32% drop from 1080p to 1440p is slightly lower than other presets, but the 43% drop from 1440p to 4K remains consistent. The Ultra preset's overall low frame rates suggest it may be limited by VRAM capacity or other GPU resource constraints rather than pure pixel count.

The limiting component is clearly the GPU. The RTX 3070 Ti's 8 GB VRAM and 608.3 GB/s bandwidth appear sufficient for Medium and High presets at 4K, but the card's raw compute throughput becomes the constraint at higher resolutions. The CPU's substantial headroom, evidenced by its 91st percentile ranking and strong benchmark scores, means it is unlikely to bottleneck the system in Archeage at any tested resolution.